“The pain of depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it, and it kills in many instances because its anguish can no longer be borne. The prevention of many suicides will continue to be hindered until there is a general awareness of the nature of this pain.” PainAwarenessSuicideInstanceAnguishPreventionUnimaginable Book:Darkness visible: a memoir of madness Source: Darkness visible: a memoir of madness
“Lucretius was passionate, and much more in need of exhortations to prudence than Epicurus was. He committed suicide, and appears to have suffered from periodic insanity - brought on, so some averred, by the pains of love or the unintended effects of a love philtre.” NeedsPainEffectsSuicidePassionateCommittedInsanityPrudence Author:Lucretius
“Suicide is the dumbest possible way of getting revenge. Why is that? Because the people you want to strike back at are the very same folks who won't even remember you a week after you're gone, while the people you want to spare most -- the people who love you -- are the ones who will have to live with the pain of your suicide for the rest of their lives.” PeopleWayWantPainRememberGoneWeekLove YouSuicideFolksRevengeStrikesSparesRemember YouRemembers YouStrike BackGetting Revenge Author:David J. Lieberman
“My religion forbids me to belittle or disregard other cultures, as it insists, under pain of civil suicide, upon imbibing and living my own.” PainReligionCultureMy OwnSuicideDisregardOther CulturesBelittleImbibing Book:India of My Dreams Source: India of My Dreams